Beginner to Intermediate Drum Course

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• Beginner Introduction Level 1

• Correct Posture and Drum Chair Height

• Basic Hand Technique / German Grip / Using stick rebound

• Listening Exercises and Ear Training / Identifying Drum Sounds and Finding the 2 & 4

• Reading Quarter Notes and Rests

• Counting Essentials in 4/4

• Single Stroke Rolls

• Using a Metronome

• Assigned Song Studies

• Reading Test: Quarter notes and rests

• Beginner Level 2

• The Basics

• Introduction to the Drum-set

• Positioning, Posture and general instrument maintenance

• Single Bass Drum Pedal Technique Essentials

• Reading 8th Notes and Quarter notes with rests

• Rock Drumming Essentials / Carmin Appice Realistic Rock Method Books

• Exercise: Reading Hi-hat, Bass drum and Snare drum groove essentials

• Ear Training / Required Listening / Counting the “&” Exercises

• Assigned Song Studies

• Assignment: Play along to assigned song

• Beginner Level 3

• Reading 16th Note Hi-Hat Grooves

• Rudiment Introduction: Double Stroke Rolls, Paradiddles, Flams and Snare Rolls

• Exercise: Reading drum set Coordination Charts

• Hi-hat Pedal Technique

• Funk Groove Introduction / Carmine Appice

• Assigned Song Studies / Repertoire Maintenance and Development

• Beginner Level 4

• Moeller Stroke Introduction and Exercises

• French Grip Hand Technique Introduction and Exercises

• Single Bass Drum Pedal Technique for Developing Speed

• Discussion: Heel Up and Heel Down

• Reading 16th Note Triplets

• Exercise: Reading Drum Set Coordination Charts

• Rudiments: Stroke Roll, 6 Stroke Roll and Flam Rudiments

• Discussion: Modern Pop Drumming Essentials

• Assignment: In-Studio Video Recital Submission

• Intermediate Level 1

• Controlling Accents on Hi-Hat / Ride cymbal bell patterns

• Bossa Nova

• Dynamics with Volume Control

• Exercise: Reading drum-set coordination concepts

• Applying Rudiments to Fills and Solos

• Discussion: Bossa Nova Feel

• Assignment: Play-Along in the Style of ‘The Girl From Ipanema’

• Assignment: Play-Along to ‘Song for my Father’ Horace Silver Quintet

• Intermediate Level 2

• Musicianship / How to Listen Exercises

• Advanced Funk Drumming Exercises

• Metric Modulation applied to musical phrases

• Exercise: Drum Set Coordination / Using the Hi-Hat Pedal with Ride Cymbal

• Repertoire Development / Performance Development

• Assigned Song Studies / ‘Cold Sweat’ James Brown

• Discussion: Jeff Porcaro / Bernard Purdie / Clyde Stubblefield

• Assignment: In-Studio Video Recital Submission

• Intermediate Level 3

• Half-Time Shuffle

• Discussion: Bernard “Pretty” Purdie Half-time Shuffle / Jeff Porcaro ‘Rosanna’ Groove

• Introduction to Shuffle Patterns

• Exercise: Drum Set Coordination

• Repertoire Development

• Discussion: ‘Rosanna’ Analysis

• Assignment 7: Play-Along to ‘Rosanna’ Toto

• Intermediate Level 4

• Discussion: Introduction to Jazz Drumming

• Hi-Hat Foot Basics in Jazz

• Basic Swing Patterns with Song Listening Assignment

• Understanding Polyrhythms and advanced limb independence

• Exercise: Drum Set Coordination

• Repertoire Development

• Discussion 8.1: Performance Preparation

• Assignment 8: In-Studio Video Recital Submission